Tony Whitfield (far right), faculty and chair of the Parsons School of Design Product Design Department, in the factory of Liana Cane Labs in Guyana during a class visit.
Description
A 4 minute video narrated by Parsons School of Design Product Design Department chair, Tony Whitfield, describing a project supported by Parsons' Center for New Design, in which students from several Parsons departments collaborated with the manufacturer, Liana Cane Interiors, located in Guyana, to create high-end interior design products using materials drawn from the rainforest without endangering the environment. The footage depicts Whitfield and students traveling in Guyana and interacting with workers in the Liana Cane facility.
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